New Zealand has temporarily blocked overseas adoptions of its children after revelations that some convicted sex offenders ...

Effective from September 18, 2025, overseas adoptions made by New Zealand citizens and residents will no longer be recognised ...

The Government is progressing an urgent law change to adoption laws that have, in some cases, allowed convicted abusers to ...

The move follows revelations people with convictions for violence or sexual abuse were adopting children overseas.

New Zealand will no longer recognise most overseas adoptions for visa and citizenship, with India exempt only through ...

There's growing pleas for broader changes to adoption laws before an international ban lifts. The Government's looking to ...

Around 700 children are internationally adopted through Samoa, compared to 500 from other countries. McKee was unable to ...

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world ...

New Zealanders will no longer be able to look to adopt children from overseas and bring them home from this week.  The Government's Adoption Amendment ...

The last memory Han Tae-soon has of her daughter as a child is in May 1975, at their home in Seoul. "I was going to the market and asked Kyung-ha, 'Aren't you coming?' But she told me, 'No, I'm going ...